Word: dead
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...brisk October morning last year, Henry Liu, 52, a businessman and part-time journalist, was shot dead by Asian gunmen outside his home in Daly City, Calif. Liu's widow suspected that the murder was politically motivated. Under the pen name of Chiang Nam (River South), Liu had written books and articles that assailed Taiwan. "It was a terrorist killing," said Jerome Garchik, Mrs. Liu's lawyer. "Henry Liu was killed to silence his work and also to intimidate Chinese living in America." U.S. officials say that Liu had apparently acted at various times as an agent or informant...
Reagan's budget is considered dead before arrival in Congress. Senate Republican leaders have vowed to write a budget of their own. The centerpiece is a freeze on most federal programs, including defense and Social Security. This would save $38 billion next year by eliminating cost of living increases and halting the natural growth of programs. From the vantage point of special interests, a freeze at least preserves programs instead of letting them become targets for extinction. As for fencing in the sacred cow of Social Security, the G.O.P. Senators think the public is ready for a show of fiscal...
...authorization and appropriation votes in both houses some time in March, is definitely in danger. Aspin, a supporter of the MX last year, has hinted that he will switch his vote. Goldwater has already stated that the controversial missile, which would cost $20 billion to $30 billion, is dead. The bill for Star Wars, now in the earliest stages of research, will not come due for many years, but some Congressmen are threatening to strangle this Reagan-policy brainchild in the crib...
...dread with satire and comic invention. An expert explains the poison cloud that threatens Iron City: "This is Nyodene D. A whole new generation of toxic waste. What we call state of the art." There are lampoons (if that is possible) of occult tabloids: "From beyond the grave, dead living legend John Wayne will communicate telepathically with President Reagan to help frame U.S. foreign policy. Mellowed by death, the strapping actor will advocate a hopeful policy of peace and love." In what may be regarded lightly as a plot, Gladney searches for the source of Dylar, an experimental drug that...
...Grant, a contentious radio personality at New York's WABC, startled his listeners last week by saying that Goetz had not done the job right. "The essence of what I said," explained Grant later, "was if he had learned how to use that gun, they all would have been dead in the first place...